Remote Hospital Coding Quality & Compliance Analyst

Advocate Health; Arkansas; Remote; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Remote Senior Coding Quality Specialist to support high-quality Professional and Hospital coding practices. The role emphasizes reviewing high-risk topics, maintaining coding guidance, and coordinating coding quality audits within a remote-friendly environment.

Ideal candidates hold AHIMA or AAPC certifications (RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC) and have about 5 years of hospital coding or professional coding experience, with strong analytical and communication skills and a

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent education and experience required.
• 5 years of experience in expert-level professional coding or hospital-based coding.
• Certification from AHIMA or AAPC such as RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P or CPC.
• Experience with remote workforce operations.

Responsibilities

• Research, interpret, and apply coding, payer, and regulatory requirements to support accurate and compliant Professional and Hospital coding practices.
• Develop, maintain, and update coding guidance, standard work, reference materials, and position statements to ensure enterprise consistency.
• Coordinate and support coding quality audits by routing requests, maintaining records, and verifying documentation completeness and accuracy.
• Track audit findings, quality issues, and compliance risks, documenting patterns and supporting corrective actions.
• Analyze coding quality data and audit results to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare summaries, reports, and materials for leadership, audit reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Integrity Operations, coding leadership, clinicians, and education teams to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.
• Support regulatory, compliance, and quality-related projects, ensuring adherence to organizational policies and AHIMA coding standards.
• Respond to internal inquiries related to coding guidance, quality findings, and audit outcomes.

Skills

ICD-10 coding

CPT coding

HCPCS coding

Auditing

Analytics

Communication

Independent judgment

Remote workforce

Education

Associate degree or equivalent education and experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

EHR systems

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a Remote Senior Coding Quality Specialist to support high-quality Professional and Hospital coding practices. The role emphasizes reviewing high-risk topics, maintaining coding guidance, and coordinating coding quality audits within a remote-friendly environment.

Ideal candidates hold AHIMA or AAPC certifications (RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC) and have about 5 years of hospital coding or professional coding experience, with strong analytical and communication skills and a